Su I Ezo saw that the others didn't speak, and knew that they were waiting for him to speak, after all, as a minister, this was also his business, I saw him mutter: "At first, I just guessed that even if the Tang Dynasty did something to us, at most it would only land from Tsukushi Island, and the Tang army was too strong to be defeated, so I had people withdraw most of the troops on Tsukushi Island before, plus the imperial court mobilized the army to fight and defend the coast in the southwest of Honshu and Tsukushi." ”

Speaking of this, Su I Ezo looked at Emperor Shu Ming and the surrounding ministers, and found that no one dared to show any dissatisfied expression, then nodded with satisfaction, the original defensive strategy was formulated by him, but now it has been proven wrong, but despite this, no one dares to take advantage of this to make trouble, which makes Su I Ezo very proud.

I saw Su I Ezo continued: "I just didn't expect the Tang army to land directly from the Iwami area of Honshu Island, so as to separate the imperial court from the army, for today's plan, the first is to find a way to notify the army in the southwest, so that they can take advantage of the fact that the Tang army has just landed, and has not been able to completely block the traffic, rush back to join us as soon as possible, and then take advantage of the geographical advantages and people, and do their best to deal with the Tang army, and when the Tang army retreats exhausted, it will be our victory!" ”

Su I Ezo also knew very well that with the strength of their Japanese state, it was simply impossible to defeat the invading Tang army, so from the beginning, they did not think of annihilating the Tang army in one fell swoop, but made up their minds to delay, until the Tang army was dragged exhausted, and then they did not need to do it, and the other party would naturally retreat.

Hearing Su I's countermeasures, Emperor Shu Ming and the ministers glanced at each other. While this approach is somewhat negative, think about it. But it is also the most suitable way, after all, in the face of the behemoth of Datang. They really can't afford to resist, and can only hope that they will retreat on their own.

Next, Emperor Shu Ming asked about some preparations in various aspects of the country, and Su I Ezo also answered one by one, but Emperor Shu Ming didn't seem to care much about these things, and told Su I Ezo to prepare for war with all his might, and be sure to drive the Tang army out of the country, this court meeting will be over, but before the end, Emperor Shu Ming once again told Su I Ezo to notify the army on the front line as soon as possible. We must rush back as soon as possible, and we must not be cut off by the Tang Army.

In the Frost City hundreds of miles away, Su Iru, who was not yet thirty years old, was wearing iron armor and sitting in the hall of the City Lord's Mansion with a frown, and under him on both sides sat many generals in the army.

Soga Irika is the son of Soga Ezo and the next governor of the Soga clan, so although he is young, he has been entrusted with important tasks by his father. This time, he commanded the domestic army and stationed near Frost City to prevent the Tang army from landing in Honshu. Frostfall Castle is located in the southwest corner of Honshu Island, separated from Tsukushi Island by a narrow strait.

"General. We've been waiting in Frost City for nearly a month, but there's been no movement on Chikushi Island, so what we got was fake news before. The Don Army didn't intend to attack us at all? One of the next generals stood up and said.

"yes, it's getting colder. And everyone knows that winter is not suitable for war. Presumably, the Tang Army should not attack our country at such a time! Another general stood up and said, and the others were all talking.

And Su I Jinlu listened to the words of the generals below, and a look of doubt flashed in his eyes, he gathered 150,000 troops in the country this time and rushed to Frost City to deploy defenses, but after waiting for such a long time, Tsukushi Island, which is most likely to be attacked by Datang, did not have the slightest movement, which made him really a little puzzled, is it really like what the general said just now, Datang has no intention of attacking them at all?

At this moment, a general sitting at the end stood up and said: "General, our army costs a lot every day, although we have made sufficient preparations before, and have stored a lot of grain and grass in the city, but this month's time has been almost consumed, and the supplies behind it have not yet arrived, if it continues like this, I am afraid that we will not be able to support ourselves without the attack of the Tang Dynasty, so please also ask the general to give an order to urge the transportation of grain and grass in the back!" ”

Hearing that there was also a problem with the grain and grass, Su I was even more annoyed, and said with some annoyance: "Didn't I send someone to urge me last time, why hasn't the grain and grass been delivered yet, doesn't Ishikawa Maro want to live?" ”

Ishikawa Maro is Su I's cousin, and he also belongs to the Su I clan, but the two usually disagree and the relationship is not very good, this time Ishikawa Maro served as the chief quartermaster in the rear, but now the grain and grass have not arrived, which makes Su Izuru hate in his heart, and secretly made up his mind that after solving the matter of the Tang Army's invasion, he must give the other party some color.

Su I entered the deer and discussed with the generals for a long time without any results, so I had to lose my temper about Ishikawa Maro, and then I was about to break the meeting, but at this moment, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside, and then a herald trotted in, holding up a battle report: "General Qiyu, there is an urgent report from the rear, Datang has landed in the Iwami area!" ”

"What?" After hearing this, Su I stood up suddenly, knocked over the tea bowls on the table, and the hot tea flowed down the table for him to glance at, but he didn't seem to feel it at all, and thought in his heart, could it be that the grain and grass have not arrived for a long time, it seems that they should be intercepted by the Tang army, but now that the Tang army has cut off their back road, what should they do next?

However, Su I Irilu deserved to be the next governor of the Su I clan, and quickly calmed down from the panic, took the battle report and looked at it, and found that this was the situation sent by the nearest military town to Iwami, and according to the distance, the imperial court should have already received this news, and even the latest order for himself is likely to be on the way, and this order must have come from his father Su I Ezo.

Thinking of his father, Su I Zhulu finally made up his mind, with his understanding of his father, as well as his judgment of the current situation, Su I Zhulu quickly guessed what his father's order was to himself, and now the top priority is to keep the army in touch with the imperial court, and not to be cut off by the Tang army.

Thinking of this, Su Irulu walked back and forth in the hall for a few steps, suddenly turned around, and said with a resolute expression: "The whole army obeys the order, immediately reassembles its armament, and immediately withdraws to the area east of Iwami early tomorrow morning, and must open up the connection with the rear!" ”

"Yes!" The generals in the hall immediately responded, and then quickly left the hall and returned to their own army to prepare. Early the next morning, the 80,000 elites who had been prepared first immediately set off with Su and I into the deer, preparing to open the road before the Tang army could gain a foothold.

However, on the night when Su Ilu and 80,000 elites had just left Frost City, on the harbor outside the city, a small boat quietly went to sea under the cover of night, and then raised its sails all the way to the west, and the next morning, the boat finally arrived at an island not far from Frost City.

This island is not very far from Tsushima Island, it should be regarded as a subsidiary island of Tsushima Island, and it is also very far from Frost City, if the big ship is full of sails, it can be reached in half a day, there were still a few families living on the island before, but now it has already moved away, and now the war camps on the island are in a group, and a large number of Tang troops are stationed.

When the boat arrived on the island, it was immediately spotted by the patrolling boats, but the men on the boat showed a special waist badge to the patrolling soldiers, and they were immediately taken to a large tent in the center of the island.

Although it was only early in the morning, Su Dingfang got up early, and now he was crawling on the case to study the map of the Wa Kingdom, and the last time he was on Tsushima Island, after sending Hu Li and Xue Rengui out, the rest of the people did not land with them from the Iwami area, but came to this island not far from Frost City by boat. The Japanese navy had long been defeated by Lu Qing's navy, and now the Japanese did not dare to go to sea, not to mention the navy, and even the fishermen did not dare to go to sea, so they were not worried about being discovered by the Japanese at all.

Now there are 40,000 grassland cavalry stationed on the island, 6,400 generals from Chang'an, and 1,500 firearms troops, plus 2,000 Kunlun slave camps, but these 3,500 people have been separately organized into an army, called a firearms battalion. As for the remaining Silla army, it remained on Tsushima.

"General Qiyu, Su I Ilu has already left Frost City with people, the number of troops is not very clear, but at least half of them, and the rest of the army is also preparing to leave!" Immediately after the men in the boat were brought to the big tent, they saluted.

Su Dingfang's face was overjoyed after hearing this, he looked at the fine work of the Japanese fisherman dressed up in front of him, and said excitedly: "Okay, this brother has worked hard, and when this battle is over, Ben Shuai will personally ask for credit for you!" ”

After thanking the fine work, he immediately followed the soldiers down to rest, and Su Dingfang immediately beat the drum and raised the tent, summoned all the generals in the various armies, and after the news of the fine work was announced, he immediately asked all the teams to get ready, and all of them boarded the ship before noon, and the goal was to point to the frost city of the Japanese country.

In fact, Xue Rengui and Huli's 14,000 men were not the main force of the attack, their main task was two, the first was to occupy the silver mines in the Iwami area, after all, the entire Wa Kingdom was the most valuable there. The second task is to scare the grass and scare the snakes, and after landing directly from Iwami, cut off the connection between the Japanese army stationed in the area of Frost Castle and the rear, and then make the Japanese have an illusion that it is the main direction of attack of the Tang Dynasty, so as to attract the attention of the Japanese state.

With the reverence of the Japanese state for the Tang Dynasty, after they found out that the Tang army landed in the Iwami area, the first reaction was to withdraw the army and open up the connection with the rear, but the army of 150,000 people, that is not to say that the withdrawal can be withdrawn, and when the army is withdrawn, it is inevitable that the army's heart will fluctuate, so Su Dingfang took this opportunity to formulate the main plan, after the first batch of Japanese troops withdrew from the Frost City, he immediately led the main army to the Frost City, and destroyed the Japanese army that had no time to retreat in one fell swoop, which was their main battle plan. (To be continued.) )